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This episode was so frustrating! Ken feeling betrayed by Shiv, while he's been working behind the scenes to cut Roman and Shiv out of his Viking pillage. Shiv doubling down with Mattson, even though he's obviously using her. The next two episodes of this slow moving car wreck are going to be brutal, I feel.

Episode 9 will be the next day, but I think episode 10 might have to cover a significant amount of time. Menken's victory is supposed to help them block the GoJo deal, but that's meaningless until the elections are certified and he can, at the least, set up a transition team. Otherwise, it'll have to wait until January when he's sworn in. I'm hoping Cousin Greg weaseling his way into Mattson's inner circle is a red herring, and not setting him up as the ultimate successor. I feel like America Decides really laid the foundation for it (Greg out maneuvering Shiv, Tom desperately trying to keep Greg his whipping boy...)

She had an amnio, which is done in the second trimester, typically around 16 weeks, so she's in the ballpark of 16-20 weeks. It isn't unrealistic if she isn't showing yet. Everyone carries differently, and it's typical not to "pop" until later for a first pregnancy. What's vague is whether Tom knows she's pregnant. It's not like we've ever seen Shiv be passionate about having children. She was reluctant to even agree to freezing embryos with Tom. So him telling her she wouldn't be a very good mother wouldn't be a particularly hurtful thing for him to say, unless he already knew she was pregnant.

It's a toss up with Michael B. Jordan. Although, it's tough to count him, since he joined the cast later, and already had a breakout role from The Wire. Kyle Chandler has done pretty well, too, but he was also established before the show started.

I think he's come around to the idea that he'll never have more power than Shiv in their couple dynamic. He's leached onto Shiv's wagon in Logan's absence, and seems happy to follow her lead during her dance with Mattson. Where Tom draws the line is being expendable, and Shiv has always been quick to throw Tom to the wolves when his ranks within the company are questioned (except for that time when she begged Logan to spare him.)

I don't think Tom wants a traditional housewife, but in season 2, when Shiv told Tom that Logan was going to name her his successor, Tom felt that he deserved the role over her, and that thought she was to be helping him up the corporate ladder. As for having children, his insistence on having children seemed more like having an anchor baby to solidify his role in the family.

The audacity of Kendall calling Mattson "new money" when Kendall's father was born poor.

Okay, I need another time check. We know this episode took place on a Monday. Did Logan die on a Friday evening? Or or Saturday? We know that it occurred on a weekend, because the markets weren't open. So that means we're around 10 days out, and they still haven't buried him? Having the funeral be episode 9 or 10 made sense when they were doing an episode a day, because that would make it about a week after his death, but with all the jet setting they've crammed in, we have to be pushing 2 weeks. Another line that jumped out at me. Shiv mentioned that Tom took away six months she could have spent with her father. If she's only 16-20 weeks pregnant, and Tom's betrayal was 6 months ago, then the baby wouldn't be his. During their argument he said "You wouldn't even have my baby" which could stand on its own, since that was a sticking point in the season 3 finale, but would ring especially harsh if she went out and got a sperm donor immediately after they became estranged. It just shocks me how much I can hate each Roy sibling, yet root for them at the same time. Like Kendall's encounter with Rava was so ugly, yet I want him so badly to out maneuver Mattson. And I was feeling really sympathetic toward Roman, since he's so obviously spiraling, but then he was a jerk to Connor and Willa. And Shiv is so frustrating, but I still find myself rooting for her.

But these types of procedurals take up a huge space of the television landscape. Replacing them with AI would take away hundreds of jobs from writers. These types of writing rooms are places where young writers build experience and connections and move on to bigger and better things. One of the arguments of the WGA is that new writers can’t afford to go into the business. AI replacing their jobs in procedurals and soaps isn’t going to give them more time to write the Next Great Thing. It will make it less likely that anyone will read any of their pages. The types of people filling in these unpaid interns and grunt workers are nepo-babies who can afford being paid in peanuts, because they’re already rich. The push for diversity in storytelling is dependent on giving the opportunity for more people to tell their story. Hollywood is a union town. Sure, with capitalism the boss looks for the most cost effective options, even at the detriment of the workers. The writers are using their leverage as a union to fight back against these cost cutting measures. The studios could get around this by using non-WGA writers, but their problem is that other union workers, like actors start dropping out of their projects and the cost cutting measure become less profitable.

That didn’t take long.

That was pretty cold to announce who would have hosted, had the shows not been canceled. This article didn't mention it, but Foo Fighters and Labirinth were supposed to be the musical guests.

I feel like anytime they actually gave Lexi material, she always delivered. I remember when Sonny came back from the dead, she was the only one who had a genuine reaction. I bet what happened is GH nabbed Kate Mansi first, and then had to figure out what to do with her. I'm surprised they went with Kristina over Lulu.

I think there's significance, but him outmaneuvering the siblings in the season three finale was probably his triple play. Bill Wambsganss didn't achieve much significance beyond that play. In fact, his only recognition in the Baseball Hall of Fame is the AAGPBL (the women's league) for which he coached for a few seasons. This has been pointed out elsewhere, but Mattson's Doderick reference in Living+ could be seen as foreshadowing. When we first meet Greg, he's puking in his Doderick costume at the Waystar theme park.

Brian Orser? Does Keegan Messing count?

Are there episode minimums for that category? Like you need to appear in X number of episodes a year to qualify? That's what separates the Guest Performer category from the Supporting one. On another note, with the writer's strike, how many weeks ahead is GH in it's film schedule? I know Days of Our Lives films 6 months ahead, but I think GH is usually only a few weeks, right?

The Guilds have odd ways of crediting things, so even though one person is credited for writing it, doesn't mean the final product didn't pass through several writers. It sounds more like the producers are saying "You used to do this job for 20 episodes with 10 people, well now I only want 10 episodes, so you can do it with 5, and since it's only 10 episodes, you can complete the work in half the time as 20." But it doesn't scale that way. So the WGA is saying, we need X number people minimum to produce a show, and depending on how many episodes there are, we need Y additional people per episode. Let's say Tony's building you a house. You ordered one that's 4,000 square ft, but now decide you only need a house that's 3,000 square ft. You're not going to be able to cut your workforce by 25% just because you ordered a smaller house. Tony still needs to bring in a plumber, an electrician, a painter, and a tile guy regardless of the size.

The landscape of television has changed so much since the last strike, I don't think the impacts of this one will be immediately felt. In 2007, we were still looking at 20+ episode seasons, all of which were abruptly cut short with the strike. Now you have 10 episode seasons that are all in the can before they premiere. It'll be months before the general public starts making noise, unless they start threatening a delay to something like Stranger Things production schedule.

The category used to be great for highlighting up and coming talent. They should have capped the age at 21, because they're basically relegating the entire "teen scene" to the supporting categories, which are already crowded. There are so few soaps left, and so few child performers, that this category may as well be dead under the new rules.

It was Kendall. I feel like in this instance, Logan or his estate are the only ones who could sue over it. Kendall had the finance guy running the numbers, and he said they could make an argument for the claim.

There are so many potential holes here. Like if only some of the jurors were recruited as volunteers, but others were "summoned" traditionally, what would happen to the documentary crew if one of the "summoned" jurors didn't want to be a part of the documentary? Or, what would happen if none of the recruited jurors were selected to sit on the trial. It was a fun show, but it depended heavily on Ron not asking too many questions.

This episode felt very much like Waystar = Disney (I know, overall it's Roys=Murdochs, but for this specific product...) in which case, I 100% believe retirees would funnel all of their remaining savings into the brand.

After Logan's shocking death (I mean we all knew he was going to die, but the story beat it happened on was shocking to me) I 100% thought Kendall was going to drown. I thought the same thing. There was a very deliberate shot of Tom touching Shiv's waist. Has there been confirmation that he doesn't know she's pregnant? I think he already knows.

I think it's a perfect example of Everyone's an A-hole here. Kendall and Roman are both being shady with their plot to hold onto the company and cut Shiv out of their plans, meanwhile Shiv is holding onto pivotal information that would support Kendall and Roman's "concerns." There are no heroes here. I agree. It's an interesting shift in their dynamic. Throughout the series, Tom has been willing to kiss any ass that was in power, until it was decided that Shiv would be Logan's successor. Now he actually seems to respect her as a player. Also, when they were discussing that every move they make is for their own self interest, I couldn't help but think of the season 2 finale when Shiv begged Logan to spare Tom. I'm sure they'll betray one another before series end, but their story was the only one holding my attention this episode. I do feel like they killed off Logan too early this season. Or, at least, the aftermath of Logan's death isn't what I expected. I agree with a past poster. They haven't even buried him yet! I would have preferred the kids versus Logan's estate to all this Mattson stuff.

I will say, as someone who could barely make it 10 chapters into the book (after loving the original trilogy) the trailer did hold my interest.